How should i answer an unseen poetry question in an exam? (AQA)

Firstly, it is important to remember the five areas you will be marked on. These are: AO1: articulate informed, personal and creative responses to literary texts, using associated concepts and terminology, and coherent, accurate written expression. What is meant here is that you should focus on making a clear and coherent argument using terminology and broader knowledge you know of the topic this exam is focusing on. I.e. if the topic of the poetry is romantic love, you should pull in knowledge of conventions and tropes of romantic poetry.AO2: Analyse ways in which meanings are shaped in literary texts. What this means is that you should be looking to make notes on the poem's form, structure, point of view, imagery and language. Read through the poems once to get an understanding and on the second time use a highlighter and pencil to annotate interesting changes in its form, structure, etc.AO3: Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received. You will always be given the name of the author and the approximate date of the passage's publication. From this you should be able to infer certain aspects of a writer's society that may have shaped their works. For example if one of the poems is a 21st century piece by a female poet on sexuality, versus a poem on love by a 17th century male poet; you should explain how the differing state of the sexual liberation of women at the time may affect the passage.AO4 Explore connections across literary texts. For this criteria you want to contrast both passages, for example looking at how they address the topic of discussion, their use of imagery, form, or representation of the topic at hand for example.AO5 Explore literary texts informed by different interpretations. For this criteria you might want to list the different interpretations one could take from the text and from that compare and contrast why and how those interpretations might come to fruition. For example, is the writer suggesting war is futile or war is necessary and what in the texts can give off that interpretation.